Question

How does the federal state and government expenditures differ? A. The federal government has bigger responsibilities such as national defense, foreign affairs, social security and healthcare programs. B. The federal government only spends money on national defense, while state governments focus solely on education and healthcare. C. They don't differ at all; both federal and state governments spend money on the same things. D. The state governments have no control over their expenditures; everything is decided and funded by the federal government

Answer 1

A.

The federal government typically handles national defense, foreign affairs, Social Security, Medicare and other large, nationwide programs. State governments focus more on education, public safety, transportation, local health services and administration of programs like Medicaid (which is jointly funded). There is overlap and federal grants to states, but B, C and D are inaccurate.